Lebanese minister: Lebanon’s judicial reform

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00:00Do you think people, some people ought to be worried?

00:03I don't know. I mean, I'm not the judge. You see, I'm not the, we have to do...

00:08But the thought process is that so many people behaved badly across all sections of Lebanese life,

00:15that it could be a bloodbath if that information is released.

00:20But why don't you wait and see? I mean, you see, we are a democracy.

00:25We have a judicial system and we have a banking commission.

00:30And maybe you would be happy to know that also the...

00:34And you're saying it works now?

00:36It's going to work because there's a new law for independent judiciary.

00:41This law will be soon on the agenda of the Council of Ministers to approve and send it also to Parliament.

00:48It wasn't Parliament. It was withdrawn by the Minister of Justice last year to have another look at it.

00:55The government took it back now and is going to be approving it soon.

00:59And it will go to Parliament for approval.

01:02So you will have from now on, hopefully, an independent judiciary.

01:07So you will have to do that.